Why Is Sialic Acid Attracting Interest Now? Complete Enzymatic Synthesis of Sialic Acid with N-Acylglucosamine 2-Epimerase.
Isafumi Maru, Jun Ohnishi, Yasuhiro Ohta, and Yoji Tsukada

A Role of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Fatty Acid Activation Protein 4 in Palmitoyl-CoA Pool for Growth in the Presence of Ethanol.
Michiyo Nozawa, Toshinari Takahashi, Shodo Hara, and Haruhiko Mizoguchi

　

■　ENZYMOLOGY, PROTEIN ENGINEERING, AND ENZYME TECHNOLOGY

An Investigation of the pH-Activity Relationships of Cex, a Family 10 Xylanase from Cellulomonas fimi: Xylan Inhibition and the Influence of Nitro-Substituted Aryl-β-D-Xylobiosides on Xylanase Activity.
Yuji Honda, Motomitsu Kitaoka, Kazuo Sakka, Kunio Ohmiya, and Kiyoshi Hayashi

Kinetic Properties of Qβ Replicase, an RNA Dependent RNA Polymerase.
Tomoyuki Nakaishi, Kentaro Iio, Keizo Yamamoto, Itaru Urabe, and Tetsuya Yomo

Enzymatic Synthesis of α-Arbutin by α-Anomer-Selective Glucosylation of Hydroquinone Using Lyophilized Cells of Xanthomonas campestris WU-9701.
Jun Kurosu, Toshiyuki Sato, Keishiro Yoshida, Takanori Tsugane, Susumu Shimura, Kohtaro Kirimura, Kuniki Kino, and Shoji Usami

Histidine 210 Mutant of a Trypsin-Type Achromobacter Protease I Shows Broad Optimum pH Range.
Kentaro Shiraki and Fumio Sakiyama

yaaD and yaaE Are Involved in Vitamin B₆ Biosynthesis in Bacillusu subtilis.
Akihiro Sakai, Makoto Kita, Tohoru Katsuragi, Naotake Ogasawara, and Yoshiki Tani

Production of Ribonucleotides by Autolysis of Hansenula anomala Grown on Korean Ginseng Steaming Effluent.
Jae-Ho Kim, Byung-Hoon Lee, and Jong-Soo Lee

serC Is Involved in Vitamin B₆ Biosynthesis in Escherichia coli but not in Bacillus subtilis.
Akihiro Sakai, Makoto Kita, Tohoru Katsuragi, and Yoshiki Tani

Effect of Active Oxygen Species on the Productivity of Torularhodin by Rhodotorula glutinis No.21.
Hideyuki Sakaki, Hidesato Nochide, Sadao Komemushi, and Wataru Miki

Critical Importance of α-Glucosidase Contained in Rice Kernel for Alcohol Fermentation of Rice Polish.
Hiroshi Iwata, Toshiaki Suzuki, Kazuhide Takahashi, and Isao Aramaki

On-Site Nitrate Removal of Groundwater by an Immobilized Psychrophilic Denitrifier Using Soluble Starch as a Carbon Source.
Yong-Seok Kim, Kazunori Nakano, Tae-Jong Lee, Sunthorn Kanchanatawee, and Masatoshi Matsumura

Production of ε-Polylysine in an Airlift Bioreactor (ABR).
Prihardi Kahar, Kengo Kobayashi, Toshiharu Iwata, Jun Hiraki, Mami Kojima, and Mitsuyasu Okabe

Synchronized Fresh Cell Bioreactor System for Continuous L-(+)-Lactic Acid Production Using Lactococcus lactis IO-1 in Hydrolysed Sago Starch.
Cirilo Nolasco-Hipolito, Toshiyuki Matsunaka, Genta Kobayashi, Kenji Sonomoto, and Ayaaki Ishizaki

Tumor Suppressive Monoclonal Antibody Belonging to the V_H7183 Family Directed to the Oncodevelopmental Carbohydrate Antigen on Human Hepatocellular Carcinoma.
Duanpen Sandee, Sumalee Tungpradabkul, Kingkarn Laohathai, Boonnum Punyammalee, Katsunori Kohda, Masahiro Takagi, and Tadayuki Imanaka